Whistleblower Richard Boyle avoids conviction and jail after revealing tax office’s unethical behaviour
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZM5J)
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Whistleblower Richard Boyle has been spared jail after exposing unethical debt collection practices at the Australian Taxation Office.
Judge Liesl Kudelka sentenced Boyle, 49, in the South Australian district court on Thursday, seven years after the former debt collection officer went public with allegations that led to reforms within the ATO.
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